At the same time, a four-person team consisting of Eric, Xin Hailu, He Desheng and Meng Chang were discussing the acquisition of Zhidou Company in the conference room.
The four people have shared the information they have, made complete plans, and planned their itinerary.
Among them, Meng Chang’s situation is quite special.
He first shared with everyone what Fan Xiaodong had seen in the American capital market, and then after the four of them jointly formulated the plan, he re-refined the original plan with Fan Xiaodong overnight.
To put it simply, it is to avoid risks.
Although insider trading is a serious illegal act in the capital markets of various countries and will be subject to heavy sanctions, there are limits to what kind of behavior counts as insider trading.
It does not mean that if you master a little bit of inside information and then invest in the capital market, it is considered insider trading.
Otherwise, some professional short-selling institutions on the market will first investigate a listed company and find evidence that the company has made false accounts or committed illegal activities, then short the company, and then disclose these negative news, causing the stock price to plummet.
So what do you mean by profiting from it?
Or, some people simply see the company's internal management chaos and poor decision-making, so they are bearish on the company's stock price and profit from short selling. What should I say?
Or, if an executive of a listed company deliberately made some seemingly crazy decisions, causing the capital market to plummet, how to prove whether he knowingly made the mistake or was really crazy? Unless he really catches Stone Hammer
, it was found that he was directly involved in the transaction, otherwise it would be impossible to prove.
Going a step further, suppose that a company executive said while having a meal with a friend that the company's performance has been particularly good recently and the situation is particularly optimistic, and the friend bought the company's stocks because of this. Is this considered insider trading?
If these were all considered insider trading, then many short-selling institutions would have been punished long ago and would no longer be able to continue their business.
Therefore, the key depends on the specific extent and whether there is evidence of stone hammers.
Meng Chang and Fan Xiaodong believed that the stock price of Zhitou Company would fall because Fan Xiaodong noticed that the current CEO of Zhitou Company had established an investment company and heard rumors that Dayak Group wanted to sell Zhitou Company, so they made a decision.
Speculation.
This information is not inside information, many people know it, but they are not as sure as Fan Xiaodong and Meng Chang.
Since it is information that many people can obtain, Fan Xiaodong and Meng Chang's short selling of the stocks of the index company is nothing more than a personal judgment and does not involve insider trading.
At best, Meng Chang can roughly estimate when the decline of Zhidou Company will be bottomed out, which has something to do with his work at Tenda.
As for Tenda, if it really succeeds in acquiring Zhidou Company, will its shares skyrocket again?
This is possible.
Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Meng Chang decided to only make short-selling money and stop selling when the company's stock price was about to reach its lowest point, so that he would not make any money from the subsequent increase.
After all, the first half of the plunge was entirely caused by Charles and had nothing to do with Tengda, and naturally had nothing to do with Meng Chang and Fan Xiaodong. The subsequent surge could be related to it, but it would be risky, so I wouldn't do it.
This is not because Meng Chang is timid, but mainly because he is thinking carefully and is worried that his behavior will make Mr. Pei unhappy because he seems too greedy.
Mr. Pei likes aggressive subordinates, but does not like greedy subordinates. The line between the two is blurry, but Mr. Pei can distinguish clearly.
It's better to be a little more restrained.
As for the other three people in the team, after receiving the news from Meng Chang, they also verified the news from other channels and found that it was very authentic.
Therefore, the four people quickly reached an agreement and formulated an acquisition plan.
To put it simply, let's talk to the Dayak Group first, but in the process of the negotiation, it is completely dispensable and there is no rush to advance.
In fact, according to Mr. Pei's intention, he should try his best to buy Zhidou Company. However, if it is particularly obvious from the beginning, it may cause Dayak Group to open its mouth, which is very detrimental to the conclusion of negotiations.
It is to let Dayak Group know that Tenda Group is slightly interested in acquiring Zhitou Company, but the acquisition of Zhitou Company is only to stabilize GOG's market position. It doesn't matter if it can't buy it.
Moreover, the negotiations must be kept strictly confidential and cannot be known to the outside world, especially not to Charles and others.
In the meantime, just watch Charles start his own performance.
In order to buy the shares of Zhitou Company from Dayak Group at the lowest price, Charles will definitely find a way to lower the stock price of Zhitou Company. As for the specific method he will use, no one can guess, but there is no need to guess.
Just wait patiently for him to play the game with Dayak Group.
As Charles probed the bottom line of Dayak Group bit by bit, Tenda also maintained a close relationship with Dayak Group.
Without the intervention of Tengda Group, Dayak Group saw that the valuation of Zhidou Company was declining day by day, and it could not find a more suitable buyer, so it would have had no choice but to sell its shares to the investment company behind Charles.
But now with the involvement of Tenda Group, the situation is completely different.
At the critical moment when Charles thought he was on the verge of success, Dayak Group suddenly announced that it would sell all its shares to Tenda Group!
His expression and reaction at that time will definitely be very interesting.
Of course, the price Tengda finally got was definitely higher than the lowest price that Charles had pressed, but it didn't matter at all. After all, it was not easy for Charles to be busy for so long.
During the discussion of this plan, Eric also put forward a lot of opinions and improved many details.
Because he knows the Dayak Group and Zhidou Company very well.
Eric knew very well that Charles' plan had a high chance of success. But precisely because of this, after Tengda intervened, he was more likely to fail.
Meng Chang checked his phone: "Huh? It seems that the Zhidou Company has already taken action. I will share the news with the group."
Others also took out their mobile phones to check.
In an interview with foreign media, Charles publicly stated that he was considering merging the Asian servers!
Of course, he used some rather high-sounding and beautiful words, such as to further promote exchanges between Asian players, improve the level of the entire Asian server, unify operational activities, etc.
But obviously, players who know a little bit about ioi know the real reason: the ioi national server is too miserable. The loss of players after the world game has made the national server worse. The queue time for high-end rankings is getting longer and longer, and fish ponds have also appeared.
There is a serious depletion phenomenon. If the server is not merged, the players will really not be able to play anymore!
In fact, a long time ago, there were various speculations that ioi would merge with the server, but there was no Shimai. Now that the current CEO of Finger Company, Charles, has said it himself, the credibility is very high.
In addition, someone also broke the news about the April Fool’s Day activities that Zhidou Company is planning.
On the surface, this does not seem to be an internal leak, but an accidental incident. However, in the eyes of Meng Chang and others, this behavior is very suspicious.
In fact, there is no big problem just looking at this April Fool's Day event. The key is that it is similar to the previous events. Basically, it is all about tricks.
In addition, there is even an additional krypton gold activity.
For players, this is of course unacceptable!
Because as early as the Spring Festival event, players had already made a fuss and scolded Finger Company and Dayak Group.
Even though the game mechanics, gameplay, and balance are not perfect, new skins are being released all the time. Isn't this intention obvious?
And this time, I stopped pretending and even held a krypton gold event. It’s really unreasonable!
Of course, the players reacted strongly and scolded each other, especially the Dayak Group.
Because everyone has already acquiesced that as long as there are any krypton gold activities or money-making activities, it will definitely be arranged by the Dayak Group!
But Meng Chang and others all know that this time it may not be Dayak Group's idea.
Although Dayak Group has sufficient motivation to make a profit and run away, Charles has more sufficient motivation to use this method to further create public opinion that is unfavorable to the company and thereby lower the stock price.
Moreover, when Charles did this, the Dayak Group would neither stop nor clarify, and could only obediently take the blame for him.
It can only be said that Charles has really understood the Dayak Group.
If this guess is true, then this is probably not the end, but the beginning.
Most likely, Charles just tried his best and took the first step of his plan. Next, he will definitely have many ways to further lower the stock price of the company he pointed out, so as to achieve his goal more smoothly.
The four people looked at each other and stood up one after another.
"The plan is almost finalized, and Charles has started taking action. Let's go!"
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In the afternoon, Wu Bin checked the online reviews again for this Tengda Special Recruitment Examination.
Sure enough, the direction of public opinion has changed!
Under the popular comments that cheered and called for Tengda's conscience, some different voices emerged.
"Although on the surface this is a good thing, I am a little worried that Tenda will not be dragged down by its own welfare policy one day, right? The previous high welfare was at least given to young people who are serious about entering the company, which can motivate them
We work hard, but these people who are specially recruited now have either lost their fighting spirit subjectively, or lack of energy due to physical or family reasons, which will slow down the efficiency of the entire company!"
"Indeed, the so-called 'social responsibility', to put it bluntly, is also a 'social burden' for companies. I think it is good enough to treat everyone equally and rely on examinations to get into the job. There is no need to give these
People get special treatment, right?”
"I'm afraid that Tenda will be brought down by a group of employees who are fishing for money... From the perspective of a worker, I certainly hope that I will work less and get more wages, but from the perspective of a consumer, if Tenda's employees are fishing for money,
How else can you provide us with better products and services?”
"I think Tenda's current situation is very dangerous, and it's a bit like establishing a character. Anyone who establishes a character, whether it's a celebrity or a company, usually has no good end. As long as a character is created, there will always be a day when the character collapses...
…”
"I'm also worried. The key point is, does Mr. Pei really not want to make money? Who can resist the temptation of capital? Even if you can do it now, what about the future? Even if you can do it, what about other senior executives? The higher you praise Tengda, the more you will lose when the time comes.
The worse you will fall... Anyway, you are the ones who are being praised and stepped on. I think Tenda is in a good state now. Don't continue to push it higher, it is really dangerous."
"Regarding this matter, I think there is a bigger hidden danger: Tenda must not become a 'Zigong redeemer' and kidnap the morals of all other companies, leading to the deterioration of the entire entrepreneurial environment! In that case, it can
It’s really good intentions that lead to bad things!”